2004–05 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion
	2004–05 season
Chairman	Dick Knight
Manager	Mark McGhee
Stadium	Withdean Stadium
Championship	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Virgo (8); All: Adam Virgo (8)
Highest home attendance	6,848 (vs. Ipswich Town, 8 May)
Lowest home attendance	4,217 (vs. Bristol Rovers, 24 August)
Average home league attendance	6,433
← 2003–04	2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Brighton finished 20th out of 24 clubs, narrowly avoiding the drop by a single point, but achieving their highest league position for 14 years.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Sunderland	46	29	7	10	76	41	+35	94
P	2	Wigan Athletic	46	25	12	9	79	35	+44	87
	3	Ipswich Town	46	24	13	9	85	56	+29	85
	4	Derby County	46	22	10	14	71	60	+11	76
	5	Preston North End	46	21	12	13	67	58	+9	75
P	6	West Ham United	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73
	7	Reading	46	19	13	14	51	44	+7	70
	8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	57	56	+1	67
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	21	10	72	59	+13	66
	10	Millwall	46	18	12	16	51	45	+6	66
	11	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	54	58	-4	62
	12	Stoke City	46	17	10	19	36	38	-2	61
	13	Burnley	46	15	15	16	38	39	-1	60
	14	Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	-3	60
	15	Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	+3	57
	16	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	-3	54
	17	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	52	64	-12	53
	18	Watford	46	12	16	18	52	59	-7	52
	19	Coventry City	46	13	13	20	61	73	-12	52
	20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	-25	51
	21	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	-20	50
R	22	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	45	66	-21	50
R	23	Nottingham Forest	46	9	17	20	42	66	-24	44
R	24	Rotherham United	46	5	14	27	35	69	-34	29

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 2004	Reading	A	2–3	15,641	Molango, Robinson
10 August 2004	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2	6,387
14 August 2004	Coventry City	H	1–1	6,368	Virgo
21 August 2004	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	8,681
28 August 2004	Preston North End	H	1–0	5,996	Broomes (own goal)
30 August 2004	Leicester City	A	1–0	22,263	Virgo
11 September 2004	Watford	A	1–1	14,148	Virgo
14 September 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	6,804
18 September 2004	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	6,612	Hinshelwood, Currie
25 September 2004	Gillingham	A	1–0	8,365	Knight (pen)
29 September 2004	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	20,109	Virgo
2 October 2004	Sheffield United	H	1–1	6,418	Currie
16 October 2004	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–3	6,811	Jarrett
19 October 2004	Cardiff City	H	1–1	6,112	Knight
23 October 2004	Leeds United	H	1–1	6,716	Virgo
30 October 2004	Sunderland	A	0–2	25,532
3 November 2004	Derby County	A	0–3	22,480
6 November 2004	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–3	6,163	Reid
13 November 2004	West Ham United	A	1–0	29,514	Butters
20 November 2004	Burnley	H	0–1	6,109
27 November 2004	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	26,269
4 December 2004	Rotherham United	H	1–0	6,076	Harding
11 December 2004	Millwall	A	0–2	12,196
17 December 2004	Stoke City	H	0–1	6,028
26 December 2004	Gillingham	H	2–1	6,420	Carpenter, Virgo
28 December 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	28,516	Hart
1 January 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	15,898
3 January 2005	Watford	H	2–1	6,335	Mayo, Knight
15 January 2005	Sheffield United	A	2–1	21,482	Carpenter, Knight
22 January 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	6,704
29 January 2005	Leeds United	A	1–1	27,033	Butters
5 February 2005	Derby County	H	2–3	6,587	McCammon (2)
12 February 2005	Cardiff City	A	0–2	11,435
19 February 2005	Sunderland	H	2–1	6,647	Carpenter, McCammon
26 February 2005	Millwall	H	1–0	6,608	Hart
5 March 2005	Stoke City	A	0–2	14,908
12 March 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–5	15,606	Oatway
15 March 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	2–4	6,306	Virgo, Hammond
21 March 2005	Reading	H	0–1	6,108
2 April 2005	Coventry City	A	1–2	18,606	Virgo
5 April 2005	Preston North End	A	0–3	14,234
9 April 2005	Leicester City	H	1–1	6,638	Reid
16 April 2005	Burnley	A	1–1	11,611	Hammond
23 April 2005	West Ham United	H	2–2	6,819	Hammond (2)
30 April 2005	Rotherham United	A	1–0	6,549	McLaren (own goal)
8 May 2005	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	6,848	Virgo

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	36,094	Carpenter

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2004	Bristol Rovers	H	1–2	4,217	Butters

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Michel Kuipers
2	DF	Paul Watson
3	DF	Kerry Mayo
5	DF	Joe Dolan (on loan from Millwall)
6	MF	Alexis Nicolas^[3]
7	FW	Leon Knight
9	FW	Gary Hart
10	MF	Charlie Oatway
12	MF	Richard Carpenter
14	DF	Guy Butters
15	DF	Nathan Jones
16	MF	Paul Reid
17	FW	Maheta Molango
18	FW	Albert Jarrett

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Adam Virgo
20	GK	Rami Shaaban
21	MF	Chris McPhee
22	MF	Dean Hammond
23	GK	Alan Blayney (on loan from Southampton)
24	DF	Adam Hinshelwood
25	FW	Mark McCammon^[4]
26	MF	Dan Harding
27	DF	Gary Elphick
28	DF	Adam El-Abd
30	FW	Jake Robinson
31	MF	Dean Cox
33	GK	Chris May
34	DF	Joel Lynch

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Danny Cullip (to Sheffield United)
5	DF	Dean Blackwell (retired)
8	MF	Simon Rodger (retired)
11	MF	Darren Currie (to Ipswich Town)
20	FW	John Piercy (retired)
23	MF	David Lee (to Oldham Athletic)

No.	Position	Player
23	GK	David Yelldell^[5] (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
25	FW	Steve Claridge (to Brentford)
27	MF	Dan Beck (to Eastbourne Borough)
29	GK	Ben Roberts (retired)
31	MF	Darren Budd (to Bognor Regis Town)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/2004-2005
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/brighton.htm
↑ Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Cyprus internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
↑ McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2006.
↑ Yelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and would make his international debut for the United States in March 2011.

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/2004-2005

[2] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flcham/brighton.htm

[3] Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Cyprus internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.

[4] McCammon was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2006.

[5] Yelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and would make his international debut for the United States in March 2011.

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2004–05 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Championship

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

Left club during season

References

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